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Steve Stred

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in Nakusp, BC, Canada
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Andrew Pyper, Clive Barker, Adam Nevill

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May 2018


A 2X Splatterpunk-Nominated Author, Steve Stred lives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, with his wife, son and their staffy, Cocoa.

His work has been described as haunting, bleak and is frequently set in the woods near where he grew up. He’s been fortunate to appear in numerous anthologies with some truly amazing authors.

He's an Active Member of the HWA.

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Average rating: 4.03 · 4,032 ratings · 1,161 reviews · 70 distinct worksSimilar authors
Mastodon

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Churn the Soil

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Ritual

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Incarnate

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Book Review: Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

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Title: Hidden Pictures

Author: Jason Rekulak

Release date: May 10th, 2022

When this novel came out it was EVERYWHERE on my social media feeds. It was plastered on IG daily and I continuously saw folks raving about it on Twitter. The premise had me intrigued, a young woman, just out of rehab begins working as a babysitter for a rich family and begins to notice a strangeness to the young boy’s artw

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I had the extreme pleasure and honor of beta reading this novel, but I told David I would be posting a review of this as well, and he was a-ok with that.

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Tapping out at 50%.
Things I liked - I was very curious about Whisperwood and what was going on, but even at 50% there's not much going on. The setting was ominous and I wanted to root for our MC.

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“Do you not think that there are things which you cannot understand, and yet which are; that some people see things that others cannot?” – Bram Stoker, Dracula “Mountains overawe and oceans terrify, while the mystery of great forests exercises a spell peculiarly its own.” ― Algernon Blackwood, The Willows “She was awakened by the monster knocking at the door.” – Andrew Pyper, The Only Child”
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